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Pembere AMS, Liu X, Ding W, Luo Z. How Partial Atomic Charges and Bonding Orbitals Affect the Reactivity of Aluminum Clusters with Water? J Phys Chem A 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b10635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Anthony M. S. Pembere
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Fagiani MR, Song X, Debnath S, Gewinner S, Schöllkopf W, Asmis KR, Bischoff FA, Müller F, Sauer J. Dissociative Water Adsorption by Al 3O 4+ in the Gas Phase. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:1272-1277. [PMID: 28262025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We use cryogenic ion trap vibrational spectroscopy in combination with density functional theory (DFT) to study the adsorption of up to four water molecules on Al3O4+. The infrared photodissociation spectra of [Al3O4(D2O)1-4]+ are measured in the O-D stretching (3000-2000 cm-1) as well as the fingerprint spectral region (1300-400 cm-1) and are assigned based on a comparison with simulated harmonic infrared spectra for global minimum-energy structures obtained with DFT. We find that dissociative water adsorption is favored in all cases. The unambiguous assignment of the vibrational spectra of these gas phase model systems allows identifying characteristic spectral regions for O-D and O-H stretching modes of terminal (μ1) and bridging (μ2) hydroxyl groups in aluminum oxide/water systems, which sheds new light on controversial assignments for solid Al2O3 phases.
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- Matias R Fagiani
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig , Linnéstrasse 2, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig , Linnéstrasse 2, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig , Linnéstrasse 2, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig , Linnéstrasse 2, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhixun Luo
- State
Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, United States
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Ray M, Waller SE, Saha A, Raghavachari K, Jarrold CC. Comparative study of water reactivity with Mo2Oy− and W2Oy− clusters: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:104310. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4894760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Manisha Ray
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Shao P, Kuang XY, Ding LP, Zhong MM, Zhao YR. Probing the structural and electronic properties of small aluminum dideuteride clusters. J Mol Graph Model 2014; 53:168-178. [PMID: 25155317 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2014.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 07/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Adsorption of deuterium on the neutral and anionic Aln(λ) (n=1-9, 13; λ=0, -1) clusters has been investigated systematically using density functional theory. The comparisons between the Franck-Condon factor simulated spectra and the measured photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) of Cui and co-workers help to search for the ground-state structures. The results showed that D2 molecule tends to be dissociated on aluminum clusters and forms the radial AlD bond with one aluminum atom. By studying the evolution of the binding energies, second difference energies and HOMO-LUMO gaps as a function of cluster size, we found Al2D2, Al6D2 and Al7D2(̄) clusters have the stronger relative stability and enhanced chemical stability. Also, considering the larger adsorption energies of these three clusters, we surmised that Al2, Al6 and Al7(̄) may be the better candidates for dissociative adsorption of D2 molecule among the clusters we studied. Furthermore, the natural population analysis (NPA) and difference electron density were performed and discussed to probe into the localization of the charges and reliable charge-transfer information in AlnD2 and AlnD2(̄) clusters.
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- Peng Shao
- College of Science, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xian 710021, China.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Physics and Information Technology, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji 721016, China
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Lopez GV, Jian T, Li WL, Wang LS. Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding of a Highly Stable and Aromatic Auro–Aluminum Oxide Cluster. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:5204-11. [DOI: 10.1021/jp504236s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Gary V. Lopez
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Ramabhadran RO, Mann JE, Waller SE, Rothgeb DW, Jarrold CC, Raghavachari K. New Insights on Photocatalytic H2 Liberation from Water Using Transition-Metal Oxides: Lessons from Cluster Models of Molybdenum and Tungsten Oxides. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:17039-51. [DOI: 10.1021/ja4076309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Ortiz JV. Electron propagator theory: an approach to prediction and interpretation in quantum chemistry. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Reber AC, Khanna SN, Roach PJ, Woodward WH, Castleman AW. Reactivity of Aluminum Cluster Anions with Water: Origins of Reactivity and Mechanisms for H2 Release. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:6071-81. [DOI: 10.1021/jp911136s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Rothgeb DW, Hossain E, Mayhall NJ, Raghavachari K, Jarrold CC. Termination of the W2Oy−+H2O/D2O→W2Oy+1−+H2/D2 sequential oxidation reaction: An exploration of kinetic versus thermodynamic effects. J Chem Phys 2009; 131:144306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3246833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Roach PJ, Woodward WH, Castleman AW, Reber AC, Khanna SN. Complementary active sites cause size-selective reactivity of aluminum cluster anions with water. Science 2009; 323:492-5. [PMID: 19164745 DOI: 10.1126/science.1165884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The reactions of metal clusters with small molecules often depend on cluster size. The selectivity of oxygen reactions with aluminum cluster anions can be well described within an electronic shell model; however, not all reactions are subject to the same fundamental constraints. We observed the size selectivity of aluminum cluster anion reactions with water, which can be attributed to the dissociative chemisorption of water at specific surface sites. The reactivity depends on geometric rather than electronic shell structure. Identical arrangements of multiple active sites in Al16-, Al17-, and Al18- result in the production of H2 from water.
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- Patrick J Roach
- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Johnson GE, Tyo EC, Castleman AW. Oxidation of CO by Aluminum Oxide Cluster Ions in the Gas Phase. J Phys Chem A 2008; 112:4732-5. [DOI: 10.1021/jp7118313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Grant E. Johnson
- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Guevara-García A, Martínez A, Ortiz JV. Electron binding energies and Dyson orbitals of Al5Om− (m=3,4,5) and Al5O5H2−. J Chem Phys 2007; 127:234302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2806845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Das U, Raghavachari K. Interaction of water, methanol, and ammonia with AlxOy-: a comparative theoretical study of Al5O4- versus Al3O3-. J Chem Phys 2007; 127:154310. [PMID: 17949152 DOI: 10.1063/1.2790012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The chemical reactions of water, methanol, and ammonia with Al5O4- have been studied using electronic structure calculations. The chemistry of Al5O4- with these molecules is different from that of Al3O3-. While Al3O3- dissociatively adsorbs two water molecules (and methanol), Al5O4- reacts with only one. In addition, Al5O4- does not show any reaction with ammonia while recent experimental and theoretical studies suggest that Al3O3- chemisorbs ammonia. These apparent differences in their chemical reactivity have been explained based on the thermodynamic stability of the corresponding reaction products and kinetic barriers associated with their formation.
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- Ujjal Das
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Guevara-García A, Martínez A, Ortiz JV. Sequential addition of H2O, CH3OH, and NH3 to Al3O3−: A theoretical study. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:024309. [PMID: 17228956 DOI: 10.1063/1.2409293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Photoelectron spectra of two species, Al3O3(H2O)2- and Al3O3(CH3OH)2-, that are produced by the addition of two water or methanol molecules to Al3O3- are interpreted with density-functional geometry optimizations and electron propagator calculations of vertical electron detachment energies. In both cases, there is only one isomer that is responsible for the observed spectral features. A high barrier to the addition of a second molecule may impede the formation of Al3O3N2H6- clusters in an analogous experiment with NH3.
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- Alfredo Guevara-García
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior sin número, Ciudad Universitaria, P.O. Box 70-360, Coyoacán, 04510 Distrito Federal, México.
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Guevara-García A, Martínez A, Ortiz JV. Are structures with Al–H bonds represented in the photoelectron spectrum of Al3O4H2−? J Chem Phys 2006; 124:214304. [PMID: 16774404 DOI: 10.1063/1.2189858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Photoelectron spectra of Al3O4H2- clusters formed by reactions of Al3O3- with water molecules have been interpreted recently in terms of dissociative absorption products with hydroxide and oxide anions that are coordinated to aluminum cations. Alternative isomers with Al-H bonds have lower energies, but barriers to hydrogen migrations that break O-H bonds and create Al-H bonds are high. Ab initio electron propagator calculations of the vertical electron detachment energies of the anions indicate that the species with hydrides cannot be assigned to the chief features in the photoelectron spectrum. Therefore, the previously studied dissociative absorption products are the structures that are most likely to be probed in the photoelectron spectra.
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- Alfredo Guevara-García
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior sin numero, Ciudad Universitaria, P.O., Box 70-360, Coyoacán 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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Recent computational studies on the addition of ammonia (NH3) to the Al3O3- cluster anion [A. Guevara-Garcia, A. Martinez, and J. V. Ortiz, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 214309 (2005)] have motivated experimental and additional computational studies, reported here. Al3O3- is observed to react with a single NH3 molecule to form the Al3O3NH3- ion in mass spectrometric studies. This is in contrast to similarly performed studies with water, in which the Al3O5H4- product was highly favored. However, the anion PE spectrum of the ammoniated species is very similar to that of Al3O4H2-. The adiabatic electron affinity of Al3O3NH3 is determined to be 2.35(5) eV. Based on comparison between the spectra and calculated electron affinities, it appears that NH3 adds dissociatively to Al3O3-, suggesting that the time for the Al3O3-NH3 complex to either overcome or tunnel through the barrier to proton transfer (which is higher for NH3 than for water) is short relative to the time for collisional cooling in the experiment.
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- Richard B Wyrwas
- Indiana University, Department of Chemistry, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7102, USA
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Das U, Raghavachari K. Al–H bond formation in hydrated aluminum oxide cluster anions. J Chem Phys 2006; 124:021101. [PMID: 16422560 DOI: 10.1063/1.2150813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Quantum chemical calculations have been performed to investigate the interaction of a water molecule with gas phase aluminum oxide cluster anions. While oxygen-rich clusters (AlxOy-,x<y) (including Al2O3- which resembles the stoichiometry of bulk alumina) form hydroxides as the end product, many aluminum-rich clusters (AlxOy-,x>y) generate metal hydrides. These hydride species are, in many cases, 30-35 kcal/mol more stable than their hydroxide counterparts. Our observations on such competing reaction pathways may be useful to understand the catalytic role of alumina nanoparticles in many chemical reactions.
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- Ujjal Das
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7102, USA
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